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Posted By: Silk
Subject: Movies
Date Posted: February 06 2004 at 04:15
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Favourites? I must admit to being a bit of a fanboy for "The Lord of the Rings". I first read that book 25 years ago (and pretty regularly ever since) and remember at the time daydreaming about what a great movie it would make. The really nice thing is, they did. Other than that my tastes in movies tend to the older ones: "To Kill a Mockingbird" is probably my favourite of all time. Currently I'm trying to see the collected works of Ron Jeremy, but that will take a while: I'm not as young as I used to be... |
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Posted By: dt_1928
Date Posted: February 06 2004 at 07:59
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ya i like lotr 2, but they kinda overplayed the last one. i mean, it was good, but not that good. the second was the best ------------- i was uncool before uncool was cool. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: February 09 2004 at 07:27
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LOTR 1-2-3 : Fantastic. Stunning. Brilliant. others: Blade Runner Casablanca Butch Cassidy a/t Sundance Kid Vanishing Point The Searchers Big Trouble In Little China Raiders of the Lost Ark The Exorcist just for a start. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 09 2004 at 11:09
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Dune........ Conan The Crow & the Fifth Element The Terminator series. |
Posted By: Alexander
Date Posted: February 09 2004 at 19:17
The Big Lebowski is my favoriter movie! ------------- On A Dilemmia Between What I Need & What I Just Want 
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Posted By: Verisimilitude
Date Posted: February 09 2004 at 19:49
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Well, a bit of variety in taste here... Just a couple worth mentioning... > American Beauty - favourite movie since it came out... a real masterpiece... > Almost Famous - fictional tale about 70s rock band... director former writer for Rolling Stone... > The Truman Show - well directed and casting of jim carrey in a non-idiotic role... The interesting music also helps make this movie... |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 08:38
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Hi: I'm new around here. I work choosing films in a spanish pay tv channel, so movies are a main part of my life. My faves: 1.- The Lord of the Rings: The Bakshi one.... nooo! Just joking! 2.- Local Hero: I love this movie to the point of going to the village where it was filmed. Great soundtrack by Mark Knopfler, by the way. 3.- Star Wars (A New Hope): I guess it was the film that made me love movies. John Williams defined movie music in the soundtrack, by the way. 4.- Back to the Future: That's what I call a tight screenplay. Great main theme by Alan Silvestri, by the way. 5.- The Apartment: Bitersweetness redefined. Not a very memorable soundtrack, though. Regards |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 08:57
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Another thing I remembered: What about a "Prog and movies connection trivia"? Some stuff: 1.- "Dune", when it was a project directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, it was going to have a soundtrack by Pink Floyd, Magma and one Canterbury band (Matching Mole maybe?) Each one was related to the music of the main planets of the film. 2.- Some prog artist that have made soundtracks: Vangelis (as everybody knows), Emerson, Goblin, Wakeman, Tony Banks, Oldfield... (I guess Phil Collins doesn't qualify 3.- Mike Oldfield didn't know his music had been used in 'The Exorcist' until he saw the movie in a cinema. At least, this is what he tells. 4.- Rick Wakeman perfomed the role of 'Thor' in 'Liztomania'! 5.- When Wakeman made the soundtrack for the slasher film 'The Burning', he was offered a share in the profits instead of money. He chose the cash. A wrong decission, because the film was a success and made its producer, Harvey Weinstein a rich man: now he is the head of Miramax Studio. Any other piece of trivia? Regards. PS: By the way: I always thought Andrew Latimer could make very good soundtracks if given the chance |
)Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: February 10 2004 at 11:11
| Allan Holdsworth gets a credit for some music on the movie "Speed" however, it never made it to the film or the soundtrack, Hollywood Cretins!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 11 2004 at 03:35
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Hi: Didn't know about that 'Speed' fact. But talking about Hollywood action films, I forgot that Trevor Rabin is now firmly stablished as a soundtrack composer, mainly involved with Jerry Bruckheimer productions. Not the most likely prog related musician I could think for soundtrack work... Another fact: In to more or less recent Hollywood movies, they talk about Jethro Tull. One was 'Beautiful Girls'. The other one was 'Armagedon', where they even talk about the usual topic that "Jethro Tull" is the name of the band, not Anderson's. Regards |
Posted By: Gonghobbit
Date Posted: February 12 2004 at 14:47
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Anyone ever see 'Eraserhead'? I love 'Brazil' too. DeNiro makes a great renegade air conditioning repairman. ------------- 'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here' |
Posted By: Aqualung
Date Posted: February 13 2004 at 07:59
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i love this film !!! my favourites are : 1- all david lynch films : Mulholland dr., lost highway,dune,... 2-brothers coen films : fargo, the man who wasn't there , the big lebowski... 3-quentin tarantino 's Pulp fiction and Kill Bill vol.1 4-there's too much films i like to talk about !!!!! ... maybe another time ..i'm too tired now to write them down
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Alexander wrote:Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 13 2004 at 08:19
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Hey: I see most of the people really like cinema. I like to think prog music is very narrative, and, being a movie buff, that's the key element that drove me to it. I just love songs telling stories, concent albums and even music structured as a narration. Regards |
Posted By: Aqualung
Date Posted: February 13 2004 at 08:54
i like it too .For example songs like 2112 by Rush , or ...cygnusX-1....are my fovourites ones !!!!!! Or scenes from a memory by Dream Theater... -------------
"Closer to the heart" |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: February 13 2004 at 11:54
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I've never listened to 2112 (yes, I have some homework to do!)
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Posted By: JLPR
Date Posted: February 15 2004 at 19:09
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Movies 1. Pulp Fiction 2. A Clockwork Orange 3. Blade Runner for starters ------------- Intelligent People Listen To Progressive Rock |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 16 2004 at 05:01
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My film tastes depend on my mood at the time, but these following choices (in no real order) I can always go back to....
1 - Anything by the Coen Brothers (espec. Fargo, Millers Crossing) 2 - All 3 LOTR films (and they said it couldn't be done!) 3 - The Big Blue (stunning, just stunning) 4 - Dogma (hysterically funny & thought provoking at the same time) 5 - The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Redstar
Date Posted: February 17 2004 at 07:16
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Escape from New York The Exorcist The Thing (1982) Road Warrior The Ninth Configuration The Thin Blue Line Fast Times at Ridgemont High (gee, wonder what age group I'm in?)
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 20 2004 at 13:19
| I love all of the Monty Python movies (Holy Grail, Life Of Brian, Meaning Of Life) and I think 'Brazil' is a great movie too (made by one of the Python boys). More recent movies I loved were 'Amélie' (French) and 'Ghost World' |
Posted By: Gonghobbit
Date Posted: February 20 2004 at 18:43
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Python's funny as hell, I love British comedy in general...although not movies, 'Bottom' and 'Fawlty Towers' are hysterical, worth picking up on dvd if you like Brit humor. ------------- 'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here' |
Posted By: dt_1928
Date Posted: February 20 2004 at 19:56
------------- i was uncool before uncool was cool. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: February 23 2004 at 09:46
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I once watched Fawlty Towers, quite funny. With John Cleese form Monty Python... I forgot to say I looove Star Wars! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 18:24
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I like Film Noir and Sci-Fi a lot. Blade Runner is my favorite which is a combination of these genres. Other faves: The Last Seduction (dark but humurous tale with a very sexy Linda Fiorentina!) Brazil (best Terry Gilliam film) Twelve Monkeys (second best Terry Gilliam film) Deep Rising (extremely entertaining tongue in cheek horror) Bound (sexy film noir) Devil's Advocate (Al Pacino rules!) The Thing (Great special effects) Alien (A cut above your average sci-fi horror) The French Connection (1&2) (Gene Hackman is one of my favorite actors) The Long Good Friday (Best Brit Gangster Flick by a country mile) Unforgiven (Great Western) The Good,The Bad And The Ugly (Another great western) Monty Python And The Holy Grail (Bloody funny!) When Harry Met Sally (Best Rom-Com) Trains ,Planes And Automobiles (Most overlooked and underated film) |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: February 29 2004 at 22:45
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How did you like Jabberwocky? How about The Cook, the Thief, the Wife and Her Lover Anyone out there recall a sci-fi film called A Boy and His Dog? (Another strange one!) ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Eraserhead (was that a David Lynch film?) was a seriously WARPED movie, Gong! Nightmarish! I loved it! Brazil too! Congrats on your twisted taste! 
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 03:21
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"The Cook, The Thief His Wife & Her Lover"
Peter, that is a film I could go on about ALL day - visually stunning, probably the darkest comedy you will ever see in your life & Michael Gambon on superb form. Weird to think, Michael Gambon is now to take on the role of Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of films - that is what I call a study in extremes.... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 01 2004 at 18:10
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Great film.Most Peter Greenaway films are hard to get into but The Cook,The Thief His Wife and her Lover is a masterpeice.Do you know if it is available on DVD?
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 02 2004 at 03:53
Yes it is - check out e-bay - I got my copy there for 3.99; RESULT -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: March 04 2004 at 00:49
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Oh yeah.... Add "Amadeus" to my list. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 05 2004 at 15:10
Good choice -- great flick! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: March 05 2004 at 17:38
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Barbarella I've been trying to buy an orgasmatron ever since. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 06 2004 at 01:07
 The Barney Movie. I've been bouncing around the room like an idiot ever since!------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 06 2004 at 12:32
| Check out page two of my web-site for my faves. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 07 2004 at 11:16
That Eraserhead trailer was pretty freakey! Maybe I should go watch it (when I've reached the age of eighteen  )
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 08 2004 at 15:35
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One film guaranteed to give you nightmares forever!
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 08 2004 at 16:28
Maybe I'd better not watch it then 
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Posted By: dude
Date Posted: March 26 2004 at 07:46
Actally i found "Life Of Brian" extremely offensive(the old adage about mocking what you dont understand)....Anyway i cannot say what my favourite movies are because as soon as i think of a few,more pop into my head .But here are some in no particular order Forbidden Planet.the Carry On Series(there are 31 in all and a new one out this year!) The Thing(with Kurt Russell),The Ghostbreakerswith Bob Hope(the inspiration for Ghostbusters i beleive) The Road movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Without A Clue with Micheal Caine and Ben Kingsley(an excellent Sherlock Holmes sendup) Fail Safe(still one of the most frightening movies about the cold war and how it could have escelated out of control in the sixties.You can also add to that THE Bedford Incident With Sidney Poitier and Richard Wydmark(and Wally Cox in an early serious role) a movie along similar lines to Fail Safe) Another movie i have always enjoyed is a little movie from the early fifties called Atomic Submarine(with Arthur Franz) about a submarines encounter with a ufo...and speaking of submarines i also liked Grey Lady Down(with Charlten Heston)still one of the best submarine disaster films. Westerns would include...High Plains Drifter,with Clint(the man!!) Eastwood,a very subtle ghost story,Shane(a mans man!!)Evil Roy Slade and Support your Local Sherriff (two excellent western comedies)...anyway thats just of the top of my head ,if you were to ask me tommorrow you may get a different list!!
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 26 2004 at 08:06
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Watched 'Dogma' again last night.
I can go back to this film time after time & still see new angles & subtleties; at first glance, seems just to be a well written American comedy (if that's not an oxymoron), but the more you see it, the more the writing really shines - the whole film manages to indict, in a funny and very intelligent way, not so much individual faiths, but the very idea of blind faith in a belief structure, itself. The bottom line seems to be by all means believe in a supreme being, but don't join any of the exclusive clubs set up in his name - otherwise, you are buying into one group's individual take on what is essentially a very simple message - treat other people as you'd want to be treated yourself. Dude, you said that you found 'Life Of Brian' offensive - despite the cynical world view of the Python Team around the time of filming (they were already kicking ideas around for what would become 'The Meaning Of Life'), I don't think there was any genuine offense to Christianity intended - LOB was, I think, a somewhat less suble stab toward the same ideas and ideals at which 'Dogma' aimed. From the pre-reviews I have heard, I think offense could be the main result of Mel Gibson's new film 'The Passion Of Christ' - only time will tell, but I've got a bad feeling about this one. -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: March 26 2004 at 08:19
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Movies...hmmm
My favorites are:
------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 27 2004 at 16:18
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Strange but true news- The Life Of Brian may be released to cash in on the success of The Passion Of Christ. Dogma is a film I like a lot.It's intellegent but frivilous at the same time!
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Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: March 31 2004 at 20:49
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What I would like to see is a double feature of The Passion of Christoph and the Life of Brian. They are both horribly bad, and yet funny. the thing is, one of them was not meant to be funny. (if there is a hell I am going there |
Posted By: elfangio
Date Posted: April 01 2004 at 12:55
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Can you guess my favorite movie? Hint: <---------look there Kubrick: Shining, Full Metal Jacket Seven LOTR, of course Big Lebowski American Beauty Requiem For A Dream Amelie The Holy Grail Blade Runner ------------- Great shredding is cheddar cheese on a taco (Ron Thal). "Mr Neal Morse from Mars, by way of Las Vegas and Nashville" |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 01 2004 at 18:03
I'm kicking myself trying to remember the movie. I remember the character.........AAARRGGGHHH
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Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: April 02 2004 at 01:36
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Can you guess my favorite movie? Hint:
Its not Debbie Does Dallas, is it? ------------- 
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Posted By: elfangio
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 16:53
------------- Great shredding is cheddar cheese on a taco (Ron Thal). "Mr Neal Morse from Mars, by way of Las Vegas and Nashville" |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: April 05 2004 at 16:55
It really sucked...a suggestion for the 'worst movies' thread... ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: April 18 2004 at 06:52
| I've just watched a film called Touching the Void.It's the story of 2 friends who climbed one of the most treacherous mountains in the Andes back in the eighties and how they got into trouble but managed to survive somehow.Deeply fascinating as well as emotional,the tears rolled down my cheeks at the end.One of the chaps talks candidly about whether he found religion during his ordeal (he didn't) as well as the sheer 'bloody mindedness' that drove him on and a determination that he wasn't going to die alone on a mountain. |
Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 26 2004 at 09:30
| I ALSO HAVE JUST FINISHED WATCHING A MOVIE, IT IS CALLED "EXISTENZ" HAS ANYONE SEEN IT? ITS A BIT OF A TRIP!!!! |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: April 26 2004 at 09:36
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Glass-Prison: See you in Hell
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 30 2004 at 09:08
To elfangio: I bought 'Brazil' on DVD! And I discovered there was a completely different ending to the movie (apparently I had seen a short version on TV). 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: April 30 2004 at 09:50
So which ending did you see - in my version, he was broken out of the Ministry & driven away in a truck by the heroine - this then dissolved back, turning out to be a dream sequence ....... he was still in the Ministry, and insane......... 
Terry Gilliam's best film by far (and that's saying something, considering 'The Fisher King') -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 01 2004 at 00:00
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Not in order 1.- A Clockwork Orange 2.- Full Metal Jackett 3.- The Shinning 4.- Blade Runner 5.- Silence of the Lambs 6.- Lord of the Rings trilogy 7.- Apocalypsis Now 8.- Dr. Strangelove 9.- The Godfather trilogy 10.- Excalibur Iván |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 01 2004 at 06:57
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Anyone familiar with the film "Zero Effect"? ONe of my very favorite comedic movies (something of an extremely dry romantic comedy, actually). |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: May 08 2004 at 21:13
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre, just saw it tonight, for the first time, the remake, that is. Which is better, the original, or the remake? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 09 2004 at 03:30
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I havn't seen the original but it must be scarier than the remake which is very DULL. I watched 'Dreamcatcher' yesterday ,which is yet another Stephen King adaption.Not a bad film and a little bit different than most films of this genre.
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 09 2004 at 06:23
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That's right! That's the endig I saw on the DVD. When I saw Brazil on TV it ended when he was making love to his girlfriend. So that was a happy end. But in the DVD version (I suppose that also is the original version), he gets tortured by his friend (played magnificently by Michael Palin) and he starts dreaming.... and turns out to be INSANE! (I loved it... bizar! And Jim, is The Fisher King worth buying? I haven't seen it yet... |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 09 2004 at 22:45
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I've never seen a Terry Gilliam movie that I didn't enjoy at some level. And I would certainly recommend "The Fisher King" as I enjoyed it on a great many levels. Also, if you haven't seen "12 Monkeys" yet, do so as soon as you can. It's brilliant. I know some people who don't like either movie, but they tend to be the same people who don't get anything out of "Brazil". But take my opinion with a grain of salt as I seem to not be "dynamic" enough to suit everyone. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 03:06
In my view, 'The Fisher King' is second only to 'Brazil' as far as Gilliam is concerned; the film could have been written for Robin Williams's physical humour, against which, Jeff Bridges is the perfect foil. Get it Joren, you'll love it! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 05:39
Thanks, both of you! I'll try to find a copy of those movies. And mr. Dynamic  Stormcrow, who directed 12 monkeys? Because I can only find a movie with that title with the actors Brad Pitt and Bruce Willis... is that it?
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 06:57
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That's Terry Gilliam again...... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 07:07
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ok, it's my birthday soon, so maybe I can watch at least one of them within a month.
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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 09:55
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Yes, "12 Monkeys" was directed by Terry Gilliam. I know that at first glance the cast involved would give you the impression that the movie was more mainstream Hollywood, but don't let that fool you. Brad Pitt gives one of the funniest, most manic portrayals of a man gone mad that you will ever see on the screen. Willis is perfect in the lead role of a man of action who has been beaten down by the system and is questioning his own sanity. Madeleine Stowe is positively luminous playing as a professional woman seeing the meaning of reality crumble around her. Christopher Plummer is obviously having a great time playing against type as an oily, manipulative, millionaire genetic scientist. David Morse is perfect in a small but very important role that I can't tell you about without ruining the movie. The movie works on so many levels. It's a great time travel story. It's a profound question on the nature of what we perceive as reality. It's a tense action - chase movie. It has a very interesting sub-plot on Stockholm syndrome becoming romantic love. It's laugh-out-loud funny. If you enjoy Gilliam's story telling at all (obviously not everyone does), it's must-see cinema. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 10 2004 at 18:37
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I like Terry Gilliam.All his films are worth a look and are never remotely boring.Just a shame that he's about as 'prolific' as Stanley Kubrick when it comes to number of films made. Have you seen the documentary about his failed attempt to bring Don Quixote to the big screen 'Lost In La Mancha' ? I would highly recommend this if you havn't seen it.Gilliam is so much like Quixote, always tilting at windmills! Also worth watching is 'The Hamster Factor', a documentary about the making of 'Twelve Monkeys'.It's an absolutely fascinating insight into Gilliam and the machinations of Hollywood.You can find this as a bonus feature on the DVD. |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 11 2004 at 14:00
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I also like Gilliam! And I thought Willis was OK in Pulp Fiction... but Brad Pitt...
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Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 01:13
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Just see "12 Monkeys", "Cool World" and "Fight Club" before you judge Pitt too harshly. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 03:13
Not to mention 'snatch' - his depiction of an Irish gypsy boxer is superb (but does my wife have to drool every time he removes his shirt? -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 08:24
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ok, ok I just think his face is a bit too... scary! Mr. handsome.. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 10:17
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Oops, yes I forgot about that. Pitt is funny as all heck in "Snatch". |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 10:45
| Don't forget "Seven," Pitt wasn't too bad in that one either. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 14:37
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Woah! Now there is quite the movie. "What's in the box?" Bone chilling, almost a horror movie. Brilliant performances and direction. Pitt is outstanding again in "Se7en". I quite literally found myself hating Kevin Spacey in his role. Freeman is brilliant and Paltrow actually does something other than look good, adding just the right seasoning of conflicted feminine anxiety to her role. "What's in the BOX?!?!?" I'm afraid that his playing Achilles in "Troy" won't do him any good (I haven't seen the movie, but I'm hearing a lot of mild to seriously negative buzz), but dismissing Brad Pitt as just a pretty boy is a bad mistake as he has serious actor chops and has given some fantastic performances over the last decade. "AWWW C'MON!!!! WHAT"S IN THE BOX??????" Given what I've seen of Pitt's acting ability, when choosing to see a movie I'd let his being in it sway me towards the flick, not away from it. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 15:09
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A fine actor, who happens to be very good-looking. Along the same lines, ever see Johnny Depp in "Ed Wood?" I LOVED that movie! "Eddy, pass me dat f**king viskey! Dis water's freezing!" "OK Bella, great! Now, how about moving it around a little...." ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 12 2004 at 19:31
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Though I don't think much of him as a person, I have to freely admit that Johnny Depp is a wonderful actor with unlimited range and talent. He's so good that I try to see every movie featuring him that comes out. Depp single-handedly made "Pirates of the Caribean" a film of depth rather than an effects laden popcorn seller. And I absolutely loved "Ed Wood"! An actual plot! Character development! Dialogue instead of a series of one-liners! Shazam! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 13 2004 at 02:55
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Many years ago, there was Depp's transition from the TV schmaltz that was "21 Jump Street" to "Edward Scissorhands"...... any actor who can pull that one off has my vote..... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: May 13 2004 at 18:48
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Sorry to change the subject, but......"School of Rock." I'm not a big fan of this style? of movie, the cheap Hollywood hero in the end kind of schmaltzy pablum. This movie, my kids rented it, has some very funny Spinal Tap worthy moments. The "teacher" Jack Black starts handing out CD's to the classroom kids with talent. He gives the keyboard wizard kid "Fragile" and tells him to check out the keyboard solo on Roundabout, then he gives the black girl with the incredible voice "Dark Side of the Moon" and has her work on "Great Gig in the Sky." Prog gets a small exposure. There are a lot of other rock and roll history nuggets that deserve a chuckle. ah .. . . . That's it, back to Johnny Depp.... In "Pirates" Depp's Capt'n Sparrow was completely over the top, great. The Ninth Gate was terrific until the end. One of the worst endings ever. Meagor. Great build up and ... and... and... that's it? Sheesh. |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: May 13 2004 at 19:26
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"Ninth Gate". Great movie looking for a last 10 minutes. You have to wonder what was up with that? The movie just goes deeper and deeper into that world and then..... But you can't blame it on the cast. You DO have to wonder what the writer, producer and director were thinking. Or if. |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: May 14 2004 at 03:16
And did you notice that this child ended up wearing a big cap at the final performance in the 'climax' (ejem |
Posted By: diddy
Date Posted: May 14 2004 at 09:58
And there was thin Image on the blackboard...history of Rock or something similar...(you can see this image on the website of the movie)...there was a path leading away from Prog Rock called ??? bands belonging to this ??? genre were Can and Zappa ------------- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear... George Orwell |
Posted By: TimT
Date Posted: May 18 2004 at 18:33
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for those of you who like LOTR trilogy, have you ever seen the original hybrid cartoon version? it wasnt necessarily the best of films but its interesting watching. My favourites movies have to be the original Star Wars trilogy (couldnt realy say a favourite from them) im also a big fan of Python and the offshots from teh group (including 12 monkeys and jabberwocky) and also this is my first post so hey to everyone on the board! |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 05:27
WELCOME ABOARD, TimT! I thought the LOTR movies were OK, but I prefer reading the book. I haven't seen the original cartoon version though. And there are many Monty Python and Terry Gilliam fans here... I'm one too! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 05:47
Trust me, Joren - you don't want to see the cartoon version........ I mean you reeeeaaaalllllyyyyy don't want to see the cartoon version. The deep thrumming you can hear in Moria isn't the oncoming orcish horde, it's actually Tolkien spinning in his grave! -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 06:00
Any good pornflicks ????????????  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: May 19 2004 at 13:58
^ No, they're full of gratuitous sex scenes.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Focussed
Date Posted: June 03 2004 at 08:13
I never thought of it like that, Paco. Thanks, you've ruined 2112 for me. When I go to see Rush later this year I wont be able to look at the stage without imagining Geddy in tights with a suspicous moustache! Tickets for sale! Tickets for sale! ------------- 'You cant have two killers living on the same patch!' |
Posted By: Focussed
Date Posted: June 03 2004 at 08:15
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Some of my top films.. Blade Runner Withnail & I Fear & Loathing in Las vegas Casablanca ------------- 'You cant have two killers living on the same patch!' |
Posted By: Belljar
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 09:13
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Velvet Goldmine (LOVE it!!!) The Crow, The Wall, The Rocky Horror Picture Show I don't really watch movies much to be honest....
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 11:03
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Funny, those are my daughters favorite movies, too. She's not much older than you. I like them as well. What about Kill Bill or any of the Tarantino movies? |
Posted By: Belljar
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 11:27
Do you mean me? If you mean me, your daughter rocks! I havn't seen Kill Bill. But then again, I havn't seen most movies heh. Oh but she likes Velvet Goldmine alot?? I'm absolutely in love with that movie. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 12:51
Yes, you.... Velvet Goldmine is sort of a Bowie biography. I really love the soundtrack... Killer tunes!!! http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001"> http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb046"> |
Posted By: Belljar
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 14:13
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Yeah I know! This is the first time someone has agreed with me on the music. Everyone I showed it to thought the songs sucked... Not the mention the movie! I guess I'm completely fanatic when it comes to that movie |
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 14:17
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I don't know if I already posted it: Donnie darko (ALL TIME FAVORITE) -------------  
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 14:58
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"Glitter Rock" or "Glam Rock", whatever. I always dug T-Rex, Mott the Hoople, Bowie, Queen..... some great rock and roll. Have you heard of Marvelous 3? |
Posted By: Belljar
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 15:41
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Nahh, never heard of them. Worth checking out? I dig Bowie and T-Rex aswell heh. The band I'm mostly into at the moment is Placebo, who also appeared in Velvet Goldmine. They were the band performing 20th Century Boy in the movie :) "Put out the torches! Hide the moon! Hide the stars!" |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 15:54
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A friend in need's a friend indeed And who says they don't write great lyrics anymore? |
Posted By: Belljar
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 18:00
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Haha, damn you for knowing Placebo! The Pure Morning lyrics are a bunch of bullsh*t really. Brian Molko (my future husband) Isn't exactly much of a poet. Still I'm strangely drawn to Placebo. Without You I'm Nothing still blows my mind.
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: June 09 2004 at 19:42
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Just because this is a prog site doesn't mean were all progholes.
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 23:20
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Cést arrive prez de chez vous Anyone seen that movie, great fun. It's about a psychopathic killer who is followed by a documentary crew, very much fun indeed. Only downfall it is in french, but they have subtitles ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 08 2005 at 03:14
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Nothing wrong with subtitled films - after a long period of avoidance with all my friends seeing, and raving about it, I finally got round to seeing 'Amelie' a little while ago.
Thie first thing that strikes you is how un-Hollywood the film is, in feel, look, content.... then you appreciate the character development, plot structure (I told you it was un-Hollywood ), then you realise you've been laughing (sometimes very uneasily) for 2 hours.
Everyone should see this film - gives you faith in good old fashioned story-telling. -------------
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